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Baghdad sources made a statement that at least 10 Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed in an operation against an IS hideout near Mosul, capital of Iraq's Nineveh province, the Iraqi military said. Accordingly the provincial Rapid Response elite police force, backed by Iraqi aircraft, raided the IS hideout at a large cave near al-Shoura area, Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasoul, spokesman of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command, said in a statement on Saturday.

So how will Christmas be celebrated in a terrorist nation filled with Muslims ? But this year it has been a special celebration. Local authorities in Baghdad have put an Official Christmas celebration this year. Fireworks were set off over the Tigris in Baghdad due to the celebration.